2nd autopsy finds boy hit at boot camp died of suffocation (murderers)

[uppityperson]

I am pissed. They murdered him.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOU_BOOT_CAMP_DEATH_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

A 14-year-old boy who was roughed up by guards at a Panama City juvenile boot camp in a videotaped altercation died because the sheriff's officials suffocated him, Hillsborough County's medical examiner said Friday.

The findings of Dr. Vernard Adams's autopsy on Martin Lee Anderson conflict with the results of the initial one by Dr. Charles Siebert, the medical examiner for Bay County. He ruled the boy had a natural death from complications of sickle cell trait, a usually benign blood disorder many blacks have.

"Martin Anderson's death was caused by suffocation due to actions of the guards at the boot camp," Adams wrote in a statement. He said the suffocation was caused by hands blocking the boy's mouth, as well as the "forced inhalation of ammonia fumes" that caused his vocal cords to spasm, blocking his upper airway.The guards had said in an incident report that they used ammonia capsules to keep Anderson conscious...

More @ link and todays earlier threads, in case you missed the one in GD and the LBN one.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2265942
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1112520

[uppityperson]

1. 1 more line from article, accident? Accident?

The autopsy report draws no conclusions about whether Anderson's death was a homicide or an accident.